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Originally Posted by
potatoos 
What I meant was I enjoying hearing very detailed treble, more so than I enjoy detailed bass/mids. Whenever I am listening to music, say Avenged Sevenfold or Beethoven, where there are loud and distinct cymbal crashes, I expect for the treble to be as detailed as it is in real life. When I stand next to a drum and someone smashes a cymbal, I hear sibilance. There isn't tons of it, but if I don't hear that reproduced with my headphones, I feel almost cheated. As if I am missing out on actually being there to hear it for myself.
Firstly, you are using sibilance where you really mean treble. Sibilance is an effect caused in a microphone diaphragm in response to certain spoken or sung consonants ("S" mainly).
There is also, IMHO, a problem with your expectations. I have, many, many times stood next to hi-hats and crash cymbals and the detail and quality of sound varies from cymbal to cymbal and varies depending on where you hear it from. For example, sitting in a big concert hall listening to Beethoven, you may be sat 50ft or (considerably) more from the cymbals. Some of the detail and HF content will be absorbed by the orchestra, the audience and the wooden walls of the concert hall. So in this case, having the cymbals sound as if you are standing next to them would be highly unrealistic and no decent producer would dream of such a thing. So, despite what you stated, you are not talking about real life because in real life you never stand right next to the cymbals when you attend a performance. While we are talking about production, the sound of the cymbals (detail and frequency content) is dictated by the producer. If the cymbals do not sound as if you are standing next to them, that is the producer's artistic decision, not necessarily a fault of your cans, amp, dac or whatever. Maybe, instead of listening for what you want to hear, try listening for what the producer intended, you might discover a new level of appreciation in your music listening.
During production and mastering it is not uncommon for a boost to be added around 7kHz, this has been found to enhance the perception of energy and helps certain genres.
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